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Ann Oro: Developing A Digital Citizenship Curriculum

The CoolCatTeacher

Ann Oro helped her diocese develop curriculum standards for digital citizenship by grade level. Ann Oro: A Digital Citizenship Curriculum. We were just talking about how we’re pretty sure we met just about ten years ago to the day that we are recording this, in Princeton way back in 2008. Listen Now.

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Social Media in Schools

The CoolCatTeacher

Social Media: The New Stage. Social Media: The New Audience. Social media gives us largest ballroom ever assembled where people from around the world can mix, mingle, and find their clique. We’re ignoring a powerful platform that will help kids want to write again: social media. Social Media!

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Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom: A Guide for Educators

Waterford

While it can be hard to keep up with every trend in educational technology, the mindset you have when it comes to classroom tech matters just as much as which ones you use. So, why and how should you use technology in your classroom? What Is the Proper Role of Technology in the Classroom?

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

That’s why it’s important for teachers, whether they’re digital immigrants or digital natives themselves, to change the traditional approach to learning. How Digital Natives Process Information in the Classroom. To the typical digital native, learning comes from doing, not from a lecture.[2] Edutopia.org.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is). There’s an understanding – even if it’s a disgruntled one – among those in the classroom and those making procurement decisions of what the LMS is for, what it should do, and so on.

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10 Things to Think About Before You Post

The Daring Librarian

(Common Core State Standards ) We''ve been using their Week in Rap news feature in our MHTV school TV studio since they landed on the hip hop education scene in 2008 ! So, when I heard that they were teaming up with the awesome Common Sense Media people, to put out a music video about Digital Citizenship, - I was SO excited!

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10 Characteristics of 21st Century Learners

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Throughout this series, we have delved into the characteristics of 21st-century teachers, students, classrooms, and the very nature of learning itself. In the classroom, this can include learning about renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, or conservation efforts. Sources Kettler, T., N., & Mullet, D. Prufrock Presss.

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